Foodstuffs of animal origin: maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products

OBJECTIVE : to amend Regulation 2377/90 laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin. SUBSTANCE : the amendments proposed by the Commission aim essentially to: - adapt Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 by conferring on the European Agency for the evaluation of medicinal products the task of dealing with applications for the establishment, amendment and extension of maximum residue limits and by aligning the decision-making process with respect to the authorization and supervision of medicinal products for veterinary use with that introduced by Regulation (EEC) No 2309/93; - enable the Community to fulfil its obligations under the Agreement on the application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures which emerged from the Uruguay Round, an agreement approved by the Community by Council Decision 94/800/EC; - extend until 1 January 1999 the deadline for reviewing old substances, in order to allow the continuation of their scientific evaluation in the best possible conditions. �